As I understood the state is for the complete "site", such as having
"vote" state (for every visitor) for 2 weeks, then another stage for a
definite period and so on ...So, for me, does not relate of the
visitor but more on "when" the visit occurs....
Correct me if I am wrong ....
On Apr 4, 5:28 pm, "b logica" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So set a "state" field for the user. Have your controller methods
> render the views in the order you need them to be in and check the
> state in each method and redirect if a user tries to hit an action out
> of order.
>
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 10:07 PM, John R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Adam -
>
> > That's a good idea, except each stage will have a whole bunch of
> > functions and such, not just a single one for each.
>
> > b logica -
>
> > This entire area of the app runs through the contests controller, so
> > unless I am missing something, I don't think I could use other
> > controllers.
>
> > John
>
> > On Apr 3, 6:09 pm, Adam Royle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I would do something like this, where getCurrentStage() returns a
> > > string "submit" or "vote":
>
> > > function beforeFilter(){
> > > $currentStage = $this->Contest->getCurrentStage();
> > > if ($this->action != $currentStage){
> > > $this->setAction($currentStage);
> > > }
>
> > > }
>
> > > function submit() {
>
> > > }
>
> > > function vote() {
>
> > > }
>
> > > Hope that helps.
>
> > > Cheers,
> > > Adam
>
> > > On Apr 4, 5:15 am, John R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > My application is a series of "contests" with different stages
> > > > (submission, voting, awards, etc.)
>
> > > > For each stage, the site is going to function completely differently.
> > > > During Stage 1 (submission) for instance, you will be able to upload,
> > > > critique, etc. The front page will be a huge list of all submissions,
> > > > etc. During Stage 2 (voting), you will not be able to upload, only
> > > > vote on submissions from Stage 1. etc.etc.etc.etc.
>
> > > > I am having a hard time coming up with a good method for this. The
> > > > current stage is stored in the Contests table of the database.
> > > > Ideally, I would like to basically have a different controller for
> > > > each stage - so it would have it's own functions, views, etc. - but at
> > > > the end of the day - its just a part of the contests_controller. I
> > > > also thought of running a check for the current stage in
> > > > beforeRender() of the contests_controller and then redirecting or
> > > > pointing somewhere else, but I just dont know! Any feedback would be
> > > > great!
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